Nic Brisbourne, DFJEsprit: Quirky London Venture Capital Industry

Video interview with Nic Brisbourne, Partner DFJEsprit.  Nic has been in venture capital since 2000. In that time he has worked in London, Europe and Silicon Valley. His main areas of focus have been software and media. Prior to DFJ Esprit he was with Reuters Venture Capital. Nic’s investment experience includes buy.at (sold to AOL for $125m) and UltraDNS (acquired by Neustar – NYSE NSR). Prior to joining Reuters Nic worked for Operis, a software and services start-up, and Cap Gemini. You can find Nic on his blog The Equity Kicker & on Twitter @brisbourne

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Susan Coelius Keplinger, Triggit: Winning the Venture Game

Susan Coelius Keplinger is the co-founder and COO of Triggit Inc.  Triggit is a venture-funded advertising technology start-up and a leader on the real-time advertising exchanges. Triggit was founded in 2006 and has an office in SOMA, San Francisco, CA. Prior to Triggit, Susan co-founded Votes For Students, a Pew Charitiable Trusts funded non-profit dedicated to measuring the efficacy of Internet and Email marketing as a Get-out-the-Vote technique.    Beyond herentrepreneurial forays Susan is an avid athlete and can be found chasing the wind and waves while kitesurfing, seeking powder sking in Tahoe, or playing soccer with the Olympic Club.   Susan earned her BA from Northwestern University, where the USA Today named her one of the nations top college students in 2004.  You can find Susan at her blog and Twitter @sueck

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